<p>Oh my gosh
- apps are out today- fear/excitemment!
i just read the application ! Its interesting…
I need fortitude to finish the apps.</p>
<p>Ooh yay, TASPlicants! Continue to send us questions if you have them, but you also will want to keep an eye on this page [Telluride</a> Association: Our Programs: For High School Students: Summer Program for Juniors (TASP): Ask a TASPer](<a href=“http://www.tellurideassociation.org/programs/high_school_students/tasp/ask_a_tasper.html]Telluride”>http://www.tellurideassociation.org/programs/high_school_students/tasp/ask_a_tasper.html) during the next few months. This section of the Telluride website is brand-spankin’-new, but in the near future you should be seeing answers to a lot of questions that are probably brimming in your head about what TASP is really like, the application process, whether or not TASP is indeed a cult, yadda yadda yadda.</p>
<p>If you don’t see the answer to a question you have, let us or the Telluride website know (they should post an email for you to plague with queries once it’s up and running) and we’ll answer and post it!</p>
<p>Good luck, and have fun : )</p>
<p>^Funny, I’ve gotten questions to answer already. I guess they were general inquiries?</p>
<p>If asked whether TASP is indeed a cult, I think I’ll have to decline to answer.</p>
<p>I looked at the online fill-in application and the PDF printable one, and it seems like there are inconsistent essay topics?</p>
<p>If next September I’ll be a junior, is it too early for me to apply in Jan. 2010?</p>
<p>^Yes. You can apply to TASS, however, if you don’t mind the focus on African-American studies.</p>
<p>Hghschoolgirl, there shouldn’t be inconsistencies between the two. I would email Telluride about it if you are positive they are different essays and the same year.</p>
<p>what counts as last year- are bookin my sophmore year- last year or must these all be book sfrom beggining of spetember junior year onwards
hiw many books is too much in a book list
and should i include fantsy books i read for fun
For examPLE, I am readinga book right now/fantsy book about Vikings- its idaes do relate to the seminars but the tasp judges wouldn’t know this…
I’m not sure what to do…
help!</p>
<p>I personally listed books over the last calender year, not school year.</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much about the book list. List books you enjoyed the most/got the most out of. It really doesn’t matter how many you have. Don’t try to tailor your list to the seminar topics. It really is not something to stress out over. Lots of people listed genre fiction on their list or otherwise “non-academic” books. The book list is there so the people reading your application get to know your interests, and it is sometimes used in interviews for discussion.</p>
<p>Yeah, I doublechecked and I think I was referring to the sophomore application by accident.
For the analysis of book, how should I go about writing it? I know that the admissions committee likes to get a picture of your background and ideas, so should I focus on my personal reactions to the book, and how I related to it?</p>
<p>High School Girl:</p>
<p>Google is your friend:
[Writing</a> Papers of Literary Analysis](<a href=“http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/tchg/lit/adv/lit.papers.html]Writing”>http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/tchg/lit/adv/lit.papers.html)</p>
<p>Write a literary analysis like you would write for an essay in an English class at school. Don’t attempt to cater it to Telluride, their committees or the seminar topics. Just be honest with yourself, and write like you would everyday.</p>
<p>Despair:
List the books that meant something to you, like books you’ve learned something important from, books you personally related to, or books you simply read for pleasure. As Wombatsoup said these books are generally to show aspects of your personality.</p>
<p>Personally, I’ve never heard of anyone discussing their booklist at their interview, but, of course, I could be wrong.</p>
<p>P.S. Despair:
If you could read over what you’ve written before you post it, correct mistakes, and use semi-proper grammar, it would definitely make your post easier to read and answer.</p>
<p>I have a couple of questions on the application. These are based on the online-fill-in-the-blank version of the application.</p>
<p>1) On page 2: “List your main areas of intellectual interest.” Am I supposed to be just writing bullet points, bullet points with a short explanation, bullet points with a paragraph long explanation, or a complete essay that details my different intellectual interests? What do they mean by intellectual interests? What are some examples of intellectual interests (does photography count? does art count? does reading count? how vague/general or precise does it need to be?)
2) “Recent honors and awards:” How recent is recent? Would 2008-2009 school year honors/awards be OK?
3) For the sibling education in page 3, if my sibling is currently attending a college, which item from the drop down menu should I select? Would it be incomplete, since she doesn’t know if she’ll aim for a PhD/Masters? Would it be High School Diploma? or would it be Bachelor?</p>
<p>And I’m having serious trouble cutting down my “Recent honors and awards:” and “Summarize your work and volunteer experience, if any.” to less than 462 characters. Both of mine are over 1500 characters…</p>
<p>“In the second week we did an activity that the TASPers thought would be unnecessary. The game was pretty simple. We stood in a circle and anyone could step in and make a statement. Anyone who had the same experience/belief as the person in the middle would step in and join them, and then in one or two seconds we’d re-form the circle . Although we were initially hesitant, two hours later we were still at it and some pretty personal stuff came out. Ok, really personal, from abusive relationships to family issues to religious beliefs to doubts about sexuality. I can’t really articulate how profound this was to our little community, but I think most of us sat in the common room for a solid hour afterwards just taking in what we had just experienced.”</p>
<p>…so I take it TASP is licensed to practice group psycho-therapy?</p>
<p>1) This isn’t supposed to be an essay. I just wrote a long sentence listing them. I’m pretty sure they just mean what do you enjoy learning about now, or what do you plan on learning more about in the future. Photography and art certainly count, but reading is more of a hobby/activity than an intellectual interest.<br>
2) I treated recent as the last calendar year.
3) I think they mean highest level attained, so I would put High School Diploma. Bachelor might work too, but I would go with High School.</p>
<p>I can’t really help cut down your writing without seeing it, but as a general tip I would just list awards concisely in a bulleted list: the name, brief description, date. The work and volunteer thing is a little iffy. I wouldn’t worry about listing every job you’ve had and when you had them. For example, if you’ve worked at several restaurants over the past two years you could just say “I’ve had several food service jobs during the school year and summer over the past few years.” Rather than specifically listing each job and when you held it and exactly what your hours were. This is just how I did that section, and I didn’t have a ton to put it in anyway, so I would ask someone to help you cut it down somehow.</p>
<p>Barricuda, shut up. Seriously. As I said in my response to you in the previous thread, that activity only gets personal if the kids make it personal. TASP as an organization has nothing to do with it, they just initiate the activity. It is NOT therapy, it is sharing experience and nothing further. No one needs a license to talk to someone. Telluride is, like any organization that hosts children, responsible for their health, and that includes their mental health. They will, and have, refer kids who express emotional distress to competent mental health professionals. They are very proactive about this and would never put anyone’s health in danger by doing something they are not qualified to do. I indicated on my health form that I had a history of depression. They called me before the program started and gave me information about University of Texas health services should I have needed them during the program. Please stop talking about something you know absolutely nothing about.</p>
<p>Wombat: thanks! Wait, so to clarify, photography is actually more of an intellectual interest than reading is?</p>
<p>I have only recently learned about TASP (via these forums… CC has my undying gratitude) and the program sounds amazing. I’m a sophomore right now, though, so should I apply to TASS? Will applying to/attending TASS affect my eligibility for applying to TASP next year? I don’t mind the African-American studies focus of TASS but if I have to choose between them I’ll just focus on preparing to apply next year.</p>
<p>I’ll attempt to tread these waters carefully, I don’t know exactly what I am allowed to say.</p>
<p>@Barracuda: Personally, I find your post extremely antagonizing. Telluride aims to create a very safe secure community for the group of TASPers that attend the program, hence why the program is semi-monastic. The community that is created is a very supportive community that people feel they can reveal very personal things about themselves. I know that at my TASP, one of my fellow TASPers had a problem with an eating disorder. Once this problem was revealed we supported her in any way we could, and she began to get professional help DURING TASP.</p>
<p>Before you make ignorant statements, you should probably get your facts straight. kthanx</p>
<p>Razishiri:
Attending TASS does not increase your odds of attending TASP. Although I’ve heard that TASSers that have good tutor reports usually make it to the interview round of the TASPlication.</p>
<p>EricLee:
Photography is considered an intellectual interest. Personally, it was one of mine. Although I didn’t list it as one.</p>
<p>Thanks, Antagonist. I was assuming the opposite, actually – that attending TASS would rule you out for TASP since it’s a free experience they want to offer to as many different people as possible. But if it won’t have an adverse effect on my application next year, I’ll go for it.</p>